Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his forty-five year career. Allmovie has characterised Waterston as having "cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances." Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Waterston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940-11-15 |
Movies
A Case for Love
as Self
2024
Merchant Ivory
as Self
2023
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
as Self (voice)
2021
The Man in the Woods
as Headmaster Waldorf
2020
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
as Himself
2020
On the Basis of Sex
as Erwin Griswold
2018
The Mayo Clinic
as Charlie Mayo
2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
as Self - Actor
2018
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Dateline: Saigon
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Miss Sloane
as George Dupont
2016
Anesthesia
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
2016
And It Was Good
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
2015
Dean Smith
as Narrator
2015
Please Be Normal
as Dad
2015
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut
as Frank Canton
2014
2010
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
2006
The Commission
as J. Lee Rankin
2003
Le Divorce
as Chester Walker
2003
The Matthew Shepard Story
as Dennis Shepard
2002
A House Divided
as David Dickson
2000
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
1999
In Bad Taste
as Self
1999
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
as Himself / Host / Narrator
1999
Exiled
as Jack McCoy
1998
Miracle at Midnight
as Dr. Karl Koster
1998
Shadow Conspiracy
as The President
1997
The Proprietor
as Harry Bancroft
1996
Nixon
as Richard Helms
1995
The Journey of August King
as Mooney Wright
1995
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
1994
The Enemy Within
as President William Foster
1994
Serial Mom
as Eugene Sutphin
1994
David's Mother
as John Nils
1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Daniel Chamberlain
1994
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Forrest Bedford
1993
A Captive in the Land
as Royce
1993
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
The Man in the Moon
as Matthew Trant
1991
Mindwalk
as Jack Edwards
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Ben
1989
Welcome Home
as Woody
1989
Lantern Hill
as Andrew Stuart
1989
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Prosecutor
1988
A Walk in the Woods
as John Honeyman
1988
September
as Peter
1987
Devil's Paradise
as Jones
1987
Swimming to Cambodia
as Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
1987
The Room Upstairs
as Travis Coles
1987
Flagrant désir
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
1986
Just Between Friends
as Harry Crandall
1986
The Fifth Missile
as Capt. Allard Renslow
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
as David (uncredited)
1986
Warning Sign
as Cal Morse
1985
Love Lives On
as Bernie
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
as Paul Broadbent
1985
The Killing Fields
as Sydney Schanberg
1984
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
as Ofoeti
1984
Dempsey
as Doc Kearns
1983
In Defense of Kids
as Paul Wilcox
1983
Games Mother Never Taught You
as David Bentells
1982
Heaven's Gate
as Frank Canton
1980
Friendly Fire
as C.D.B. Bryan
1980
Hopscotch
as Jack Cutter
1980
Sweet William
as William McClusky
1980
Eagle's Wing
as White Bull
1979
Interiors
as Mike
1978
Capricorn One
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
1977
Sweet Revenge
as Le Clerq
1976
Journey into Fear
as Mr. Graham
1975
Rancho Deluxe
as Cecil Colson
1975
Reflections of Murder
as Michael Elliott
1974
The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
1974
The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
1973
Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick
1973
Mahoney's Last Stand
as Felix
1972
Savages
as James, the Limping Man
1972
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Alex Monte
1971
Cover Me Babe
as Cameraman
1970
Three
as Taylor
1969
Generation
as Desmond
1969
Fitzwilly
as Oliver
1967
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
as Andy
1966
Movies
The Journey of August King
Producer
1995
